Match book



June 28, 1927. G. F. CLARK 1,634,136

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1 15 Attorney Patented June 28, 1927.

UNITED STATES P'ATENT orrlcs.

GEORGE FREDERIC CLARK, OI BOSTON, KASSAOHUSETTS, ASSIGNOB TO BOSTON HATCH COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF MASSAO HUSETTSP I HATCH BOOK.

Application filed J'une 24, 1926. Serial No. 118,821.

This invention relates to match books and particularly to books having an advert1s1 ng value. The principal object of theinventmn is to provide a match book of the type described in which a maximum advertising value is offered and in which a-match torn from the book may be ignited by placing it between the two flaps of the cover and by pulling it directly out without any possibility of lighting the matches still in the-book.

A further object of the invention is the forming of a match book an advertising novelty by printing on a flap of the cover a design which is completed by the colored heads of some or all of the matches.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front View of my device closed.

Figure 2 is a perspective of the device open.

The cover is an elongated, rectangular strip, preferably of card board, scored at 10, 11 and 12 to form a back 15, an inner flap 16 and an outer flap 17. 1

The proximate faces of the outer flap 16 and the back or central portion of the cover are blank but the other panels, that is, the front and back of the flap 17, the rear of the back and the front of the inside flap are utilized for designs of any form for advertising purposes.

The book itself may be of any well known form and is here shown as two superposed cards 20 of paste board matches with colored heads 21. I prefer that the design 23 on the face of the inner flap shall be such asto be completed by the colored heads of the matches. The design shown in Figure 2 is merely one of a great number of different forms in which the matches and the design shall form an advertising novelty.

The igniting compound 25 is located so that when thevcover is closed it shall lie between the fr'ee end of the outside flap and the junction between the-central portion of the cover and the outside flap so that a match may be pulled out or torn from the bookand laid between the two flaps and be ignited by pulling the match straight out which removes all tendency of bending of the extremely fragile match stem and also prevents burning of the fingers. I preferably locate the ignition compound very close to the free edge of the outer flap, leaving the inner flap entirely free of the igniting compound. The staple 26 which passes thru the inner flap,.the book and the back of the cover does not in any way interfere with the ignition and it is therefore not at all necessary to use two staples, one at each side to give free central striking space. While the inner flap 16 might cover the matches entirely I much prefer that it shall not as its function of safety shield is not in any way le sened by terminating just on line with the matches and its use as an advertising novelty is naturally greatly enhanced by having it in exactly the form-shown.

In use a match is torn from the book and placed between the two flaps, preferably longitudinally rather than laterally. In any event the thumb of the vhand holding the book presses the inner flap or safety shield against the matches and also presses the outer flap against the head of the matches so there is absolutely no danger of igniting the matches left in the book.

What Iiclaim is:

1. In a match book, the combination of a rectangular one-piece cover folded into three substantially equal portions, a book of.

matches fastened at the junction of the central portion or back and an adjacent portion forming an inside flap, so that the heads of i the matches shall be at the junction of the central portion and the third portion or outside flap, and igniting material secured to the inner free end of the outer flap whereby a match taken from the book may be placed between the outside flap and the inside flap and be ignited by pulling the match from between the flaps without danger of igniting the other matches. I

2. In a match book, a cover having a back and a flap, a book of matches between the back and flap in which book at least some of the match heads are colored, the outside of the flap having an incomplete. design thereon which is completed by the colored match heads.

In testimony whereof I'afiix my signature.

G. FREDERIC CLARK. 

